Holder for labels, tags, and the like



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3(TQA NJPARENT) Patented Dec. 10, 1946 HOLDER FOR LABELS, TAGS, AND THE LIKE Walter Kahn, Middelburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa Application December 21, 1942, Serial No. 469,717

3 Claims.

This invention relates to labels, tags and like devices commonly used for attaching to articles during transport or storage. As presently used, a label or tag consists of a small piece of sheet material having a hole at one end by which it is adapted to be attached to the article by a short length of flexible material such as string, wire, tape or the like.

This invention is in fact a continuation in part of my earlier invention covered by my patent application Serial No. 419,542 which consists in the combination with a label or tag, of a receptacle in the form of a transparent walled pocket or sac for accommodating a sample of the contents of a container, such as a bag, to which the device is adapted to be attached. More particularly one of the two side walls forming the aforesaid pocket or sac is formed by a piece of opaque sheet material constituting the label part, while the opposing side wall consisting either wholly or partly of thin flexible transparent sheet material, is secured to said label part around its peripheral edges except for a mouth opening at one end, which is adapted to be held closed by a length of flexible material threaded through coinciding holes in each of said walls, at said mouth opening.

According to one construction the device is formed by securing two equal sized label parts together in face to face relationship around two sides and one end, with the remaining free holed ends constituting the lips of the mouth opening of the pocket thus formed. The middle portion of one label part is cut away to form a window opening which is covered by a piece of transparent flexible sheet material such as that known under the registered trade-mark Cellophane. Alternatively, the whole of one wall may be constructed of said transparent sheet material. The two wall parts are conveniently secured together around their marginal edges by an adhesive or by stitching. It is to be understood that the flexible securing member, such as a length of string for attaching the device to an article, is threaded through holes in the ends of the two side wall parts forming the mouth opening, whereby said ends are held together for purposes of closing said mouth opening.

The side wall constituting the label part, considered to be the rear side, is preferably of stiff sheet material such as cardboard, fabric or the like. Both side wall parts may be of waterproof material to protect the contents of the pocket.

To prevent accidental discharge of the contents, more particularly when these are small sized seed grains or the like, an inwardly directed loose flap is provided adjacent and inside of the mouth opening, and is so arranged that it acts in the nature of a non-return valve member for automatically closing said mouth opening.

The present invention is in fact an improvement in or development of this earlier invention. One disadvantag of the device forming the subject matter of this prior application, is that access to the pocket can only be had by loosening or detaching the string or like fastening means passing through the holes in the lips of the mouth opening thereof.

According to the present invention a combination label device of the kind described, is characterised in thataccess to the pocket space without loosening or detaching the securing means, is obtained by way of a slit opening provided by leaving unattached an end portion of one of the two side walls enclosing said pocket space.

To enable the invention to be more clearly understood and carried into practice, reference is now made to the accompanying drawing in which like references denote like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a label device constructed according to the invention,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on line III-III of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of an alternative construction,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a rear levation of another alternative construction,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line VII VII of Fig. 6.

Fig. 0. is a similar view showing a slight modification of the construction shown in Figs. 6 and Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of yet a further alternative construction, and,

Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on line IX--IX of Fig. 8.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawing reference numeral i denotes the front wall of the device Which is provided with the rectangular window opening 2 covered on the insidewith a sheet of transparent flexible material 3. This front wall which may be of thin cardboard, stiffened fabric or the like, is provided at its top end with a reinforced hole 4 to receive the fastening means 3 such as a short length of string. Attached to the front wall I by the marginal rows of stitching on two sides and its bottom end, is the rear wall 5. Its top end I is stopped short of the top end of the front side and, by being left unattached, provides the slit opening giving access to the pocket space 8 A short intermediate part 9 having a reinforced hole IE! is secured by the side stitching 5 so that its lower end If constitutes the valve flap previously referred to.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, it will be noted'that the rear wall 6a is shorter than in Figs. 1 and 2, and its top unattached end la is adapted tobe covered for purposes of closing the slit opening,

' by a closure flap l2 secured by stitching Hi: to the intermediate part 9. A tab l4 formed integrally with the flap l2'is arranged to engage in the short slit H5 in the rear wall to. 7

Figs. 6 and 7 Show a modification of the inven- .mediate part 9. Fig. 7a shows a slight variation in which the rear wall is of double thickness with the outer part 20 made of stiffer material than the inner'part 25, which may be of thin fabric.

Figs. 8 and 9 show a further modification in which an'intermediate part 9a also constitutes a closure fiap'and tab adapted to close the slit opening and engage in the slit 22 in a rear wall 23.

The rear side wall may be composed or formed partly of Celluloid or the like from which writing in p'encil may be erased.

What I claim is:

1 A combination label device of the kind described, comprising a front wall and a rear wall defining a pocket space, said rear wall being opaquearid shorter than said front wall and being attached to the latter along each side and the bottom end thereof but not along the top end thereof whereby a'split opening into said pocket space is provided, said front wall being provided at its top end with means for the attachment of V securing means for said device whereby access may be had to said pocket space without loosening or detaching said securing means, said front wall being provided with a Window opening therein, a short intermediate member securedto the upper part of said front Wall and extending downwardly therebetween and said rear wall, said intermediate member terminating adjacent the upper end of said window opening, anda separate flap for closing said slit opening and se cured to said intermediate member adjacent the top end thereof, said flap having atabbed end adapted to overlie said slit opening, said rear wall being provided with a short slit inwardly from its aforesaid top end, said short slit being engageable by said tabbed end. I

2-. A combination label device of the kind described, comprising a front wall and a rear Wall defining a pocket space, said rear wall being opaque and" shorter than said front wall and being attached to the latter along each side and the bottom end thereof but not along the top end thereof whereby a slit openinginto said pocket space is provided, said front wall being provided at its top' end with means for the attachment of securing means for said device whereby access maybe had to said pocket space without loosening or detaching said securing means, said front wall being provided with a window opening therea in, and a short intermediate member having a reinforced hole at its top end for saidsecuring means and being attached by its side marginal edges to said front wall and extending downwardly betweenthelatter and said rearwall, said intermediate member terminating adjacent the upper endof said window opening.

35A combination label device as claimed in claim 2 and including a tab on the upper free end of said intermediate member, said intermediate member being provided with means for securing said'tab in a position overlying said slit opening.

WALTER KAI-IN. 

